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Breaking: New Sweetwater Police Chief Chosen

City Manager Eddie Brown has chosen Sweetwater's new police chief. Chosen from the top five applicants was Brian Frieda, who is currently the police chief at Muleshoe Police Department in Muleshoe, TX.The Sweetwater City Commission will meet at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in the City Commission Room at City Hall to confirm Brown's appointment of Frieda as police chief effective May 1, 2012."He will be wrapping up some things in Muleshoe, so he will probably actually start at the Sweetwater Police Department on Wednesday, May 3," said Brown.Frieda will be at the city meeting on April 17."I am looking forward to working with Brian and look forward to having him direct the department," said Brown. Brown says that he made his decision on Thursday, April 12, 2012.